Ancient Transposable Elements Transformed the Uterine Regulatory Landscape and Transcriptome during the Evolution of Mammalian Pregnancy

A major challenge in biology is determining how evolutionarily novel characters originate; however, mechanistic explanations for the origin of new characters are almost completely unknown. The evolution of pregnancy is an excellent system in which to study the origin of novelties because mammals pre...

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Main Authors: Vincent J. Lynch, Mauris C. Nnamani, Aurélie Kapusta, Kathryn Brayer, Silvia L. Plaza, Erik C. Mazur, Deena Emera, Shehzad Z. Sheikh, Frank Grützner, Stefan Bauersachs, Alexander Graf, Steven L. Young, Jason D. Lieb, Francesco J. DeMayo, Cédric Feschotte, Günter P. Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221112471401105X